Developing Law Students’ Communicative Competence: the ESP Perspective

Abstract

The paper discusses the essence of the communicative competence and ways of its development in law students. Teaching and learning of a foreign language is presented in the context of developing the communicative competence as a combination of linguistic, sociolinguistic, discourse, and strategic competences. The content and the structure of the course in English for Law Students are described. Sample assignments to improve the language skills for professional communication in Legal English are given.